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Flight deck personnel maneuver an SBD-3 of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 onto a deck edge wheel mount on USS Enterprise CV-6 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
SB2C-3 of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 pictured on the flight deck after recovery aboard USS Hancock CV-19 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
SB2C of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 pictured after recovery aboard USS Hancock CV-19 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
SB2C of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 pictured entangled in barrier aboard USS Hancock CV-19 after missing arresting wires on recovery (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
SB2C of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 pictured prior to deck launch from USS Hancock CV-19 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
SB2C probably of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 pictured just after recovery aboard USS Hancock CV-19 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
Ground crew on Guadalcanal fuel a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger before a strike on Munda
Grumman TBF-1 landing onbaord a carrier
Hancock CV-19 steams in the Pacific a deck load of TBM Avengers SB2C Helldivers and F6F Hellcats
Martin PBM Mariners anchored in a seadrome at a Marianas island base
VB-80s Ens. D.M. Gray hits the 4 turret in F6F-5 BuNo 58356 side 36 aboard Ticonderoga CV-14 11-Dec-44
VF-80s Lt. Richard Cormier takes the barrier in F6F-5 BuNo 70909 aboard the Ticonderoga CV-14 25-Nov-44
VF-80s LtJg J.P.Peck takes the barrier in F6F-5 BuNo 70677 onboard Ticonderoga CV-14 14-Nov-44
Aircraft of the Enterprise Air Group pictured warming up for launch aboard USS Enterprise CV-6 VB-6 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
An SBD-2 of either Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 or Scouting Squadron Six VS-6 crashes into the catwalk after catching a wire on board USS Enterprise CV-6 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
F4U-1D Corsair aircraft of VBF-83 crashed on the flight deck of USS Essex CV-9 1945 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
F4U-1D Corsair aircraft of VBF-83 is being catapulted from the flight deck of the USS Essex CV-9 1945 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
F4U-1D Corsair aircraft of VBF-83 landing and catching the cable on the flight deck of the USS Essex CV-9 1945 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
F4U-1D Corsair aircraft of VBF-83 on the flight deck of USS Essex CV-9 1945 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
F4U-1D of VBF-83 folding wings on the flight deck of USS Essex CV-9 1945 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft of VF-40 are on the ground at Espiritu Santo 1943 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-40 is being pushed into position on the flight deck of the USS Suwanee CVE-27 1945 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-40 is launching from the flight deck of the USS Suwanee CVE-27 1945 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-40 is on its nose on after a barrier crash on the flight deck of the USS Suwanee CVE-27 1945 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
Flight deck personnel crank the engine of an SBD-2 of either Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 or Scouting Squadron Six VS-6 aboard USS Enterprise CV-6 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
Flight deck personnel disengage the tailhook of an SBD-3 of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 from an arresting wire aboard USS Enterprise CV-6 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
Flight deck personnel maneuver an SBD-3 of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 onto a deck edge wheel mount on USS Enterprise CV-6 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
SB2C-3 of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 pictured on the flight deck after recovery aboard USS Hancock CV-19 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
SB2C of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 pictured after recovery aboard USS Hancock CV-19 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
SB2C of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 pictured entangled in barrier aboard USS Hancock CV-19 after missing arresting wires on recovery (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
SB2C of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 pictured prior to deck launch from USS Hancock CV-19 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
SB2C probably of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 pictured just after recovery aboard USS Hancock CV-19 (Courtesy of National Museum of Naval Aviation)
Ground crew on Guadalcanal fuel a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger before a strike on Munda
Grumman TBF-1 landing onbaord a carrier
Hancock CV-19 steams in the Pacific a deck load of TBM Avengers SB2C Helldivers and F6F Hellcats
Martin PBM Mariners anchored in a seadrome at a Marianas island base
VB-80s Ens. D.M. Gray hits the 4 turret in F6F-5 BuNo 58356 side 36 aboard Ticonderoga CV-14 11-Dec-44
VF-80s Lt. Richard Cormier takes the barrier in F6F-5 BuNo 70909 aboard the Ticonderoga CV-14 25-Nov-44